{"thread":{"id":"30157","subject":"GSoC Project Proposal - Project Code Graph - Need mentor and better name","startedAt":"2012-04-05T23:22:43Z","lastAt":"2012-04-06T08:32:27Z","messageCount":3,"participants":["Suhail Sherif","Junio C Hamano","Andrew Sayers"],"isPatch":false,"patchVersion":null,"patchTotal":null},"messages":[{"id":"188603","messageId":"CAEGc5Zyf2zh8sKHiFNJeUJbyCqw91MJ-hy51SyCNn+eXaCiT_w@mail.gmail.com","threadId":"30157","inReplyTo":"CAEGc5Zx7-dEwdRKHYJLxiVxTL4HtHWwKSVsfvuFUjUqzn7ZHEQ@mail.gmail.com","subject":"GSoC Project Proposal - Project Code Graph - Need mentor and better name","fromName":"Suhail Sherif","fromEmail":"suhail.sherif@gmail.com","sentAt":"2012-04-05T23:22:43Z","receivedAt":"2012-04-05T23:22:43Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"suhail.sherif@gmail.com","avatar":null},"body":"In short, this proposal is aimed at having a better way to view the\nstatus of a project by having issues, todos and dependencies mapped as\na graph.\n\nMy main motive behind this is that a newcomer to an open source\nproject can look at the graph and immediately see where he can pitch\nin. Having to go through tons of issues and changelogs is generally\nnot so alluring.\n\nHere is the project proposal in full:\nhttp://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/proposal/review/google/gsoc2012/suhailsherif/1\n\nThere are 10-14 days for the mentors to finalize project details with students.\nI request interested mentors to point out what needs to be changed.\nLooking forward to discussing this with you. :)\n\nThanking you,\nSuhail Sherif\n\n(I apologize for the late submission. I have been caught up in college work.)\n"},{"id":"188614","messageId":"7v7gxt4qt2.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org","threadId":"30157","inReplyTo":"CAEGc5Zyf2zh8sKHiFNJeUJbyCqw91MJ-hy51SyCNn+eXaCiT_w@mail.gmail.com","subject":"Re: GSoC Project Proposal - Project Code Graph - Need mentor and better name","fromName":"Junio C Hamano","fromEmail":"gitster@pobox.com","sentAt":"2012-04-06T01:00:57Z","receivedAt":"2012-04-06T01:00:57Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"gitster@pobox.com","avatar":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/54884?v=4"},"body":"Suhail Sherif <suhail.sherif@gmail.com> writes:\n\n> In short, this proposal is aimed at having a better way to view the\n> status of a project by having issues, todos and dependencies mapped as\n> a graph.\n>\n> My main motive behind this is that a newcomer to an open source\n> project can look at the graph and immediately see where he can pitch\n> in. Having to go through tons of issues and changelogs is generally\n> not so alluring.\n>\n> Here is the project proposal in full:\n> http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/proposal/review/google/gsoc2012/suhailsherif/1\n\nHrm, while the project may be interesting, I personally do not see how\nthis is related to the Git project...\n"},{"id":"188643","messageId":"4F7EAA1B.206@pileofstuff.org","threadId":"30157","inReplyTo":"CAEGc5Zyf2zh8sKHiFNJeUJbyCqw91MJ-hy51SyCNn+eXaCiT_w@mail.gmail.com","subject":"Re: GSoC Project Proposal - Project Code Graph - Need mentor and better name","fromName":"Andrew Sayers","fromEmail":"andrew-git@pileofstuff.org","sentAt":"2012-04-06T08:32:27Z","receivedAt":"2012-04-06T08:32:27Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"andrew-git@pileofstuff.org","avatar":null},"body":"Making projects more accessible to new people is always a good idea, but\nhow would you extract the information?  Many projects have a hard time\njust getting programmers to document their code, so anything like this\nwould have to be very low maintenance if you want to help projects that\nare currently bad at accessibility.\n\nI think a solid plan for that part of the problem would make it more\nobvious which organisation would be best suited to you.\n"}]}